Hi James, Ronnie, thanks very much for your responses. The keyboard
could be power hungry as I have a mouse plugged in to the left usb
socket in the keyboard and a printer plugged into the right. I only
connect the keyboard when I have the laptop connected to mains power.
I had no trouble with the Dell keyboard on currently os.
As to why I use an external keyboard, it is a question of ergonomics.
Any ergonomist will tell you that typing directly onto a laptop
keyboard for extended periods of time eg all day, and particularly
looking down at the laptop screen will eventually lead to posture
problems, loads of back and neck pain, and forearm soreness as well.
You don't see laptop only setups often in corporates any more as a
result. For the small amount that they cost, you should get one too.
Definitely better to type on IMHO.
Thanks for input thus far...
Justin
maybe the keyboard is power hungry thus it appears unreliable, i have
seen that sort of problems on windows machines where on the front
only certain memory stick worked, some othere got slow & after
connecting them to the backside socket they worked on full speed
just something: can you borrow a mains powered usb hub & try the
keyboard with that one........James
On 26/05/2009, at 16:45, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Justin,
I'm intrigued ... why are you using an external keyboard on your
PowerBook? I can 'sort of' understand why some people prefer to use
an external mouse instead of the trackpad, but an external keyboard
on a laptop?
Were you using the Dell keyboard in Leopard?
I think USB drivers aren't loaded until the OS starts up. Are you
allowing enough time for the operating system to fully boot up.
I wonder if it's not getting power quick enough to the USB port for
both keyboard and mouse?
Cheers,
Ronni
On 26/05/2009, at 2:14 PM, Justin Davies wrote:
Hi wamuggers, got a small but frustrating problem - each time I
shut down my powerbook or disconnect the external keyboard, I have
to connect the keyboard 3 times before it recognises it and allows
me to type. The mac mouse which is connected to the keyboard works
no problem however.
I have a powerbook g4, latest os and it is a mac keyboard.
Interestingly I never had this problem with a dell keyboard I used
to plug in into the powerbook. Any suggestions gratefully
appreciated...
Best regards
Justin Davies
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